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Cooper walks over to the kitchen table, pulls out a chair, and sits down in it "When did you get this letter?" he asks, taking the towel froot uy was just another crazy fan! Tania’s never been ht? How could she not have told uess? Because she’s never been divorced," Cooper says

"Cooper--" I look worriedly at Jordan

"He’s a grown man, Heather," Cooper says "Even if he doesn’t look like one in that bathrobe"

"It’s a genuine sains to ex-plain

"Shut up," Cooper says "I couldn’t find any record of Tania being divorced frorand astraight-up blackuy for him to keep his mouth shut so you wouldn’t find out she’s still lare at Cooper, wondering what’s happened to his code of ethics It’s not like him to betray the privacy of a client

On the other hand, this isn’t just any client Tania is family

"I’m not surprised either," Cooper says "What else was she supposed to do? It wasn’t like she could turn to you, her loving husband, for support You’d siain I don’t approve of the way Jordan’s handled the situation, but I can’t help feeling a little sorry for hi his parents to do everything for hi like this before "Come on He didn’t know"

"Didn’t know that sonant wife ‘a world of hurt’?" Cooper snaps, his eyes flashing "Yes, he did, Heather And if someone did that to you, I would not put it in o crazy on that person"

"What are you guys talking about?" Jordan asks, looking from one to the other of us His expression is queasy "Are you two--?"

"Hate to give you all the bad news in one night, bro," Cooper says, leaning over to clap a hand to his brother’s shoulder "But the answer is yes"

Jordan lets out an expletive, then stares unseeingly at Oho has strolled into the kitchen and is stretching luxuriously in the ether And I’uy on TV?"

"The correct term, when it’s a woamist," Cooper says "And no, you’re not Tania is You’re just an idiot"

Jordan’s face disappears into his hands once in to shake He’s weeping

I send Cooper a look of disbelief Really? You had to make your brother cry?

Cooper shakes his head atto utter a single word of syet up and say, going to Jordan’s side and laying my hands on his shoulders "Nor is it Tania’s Gary Hall has been terrorizing her She was probably too traumatized to file for a divorce"

This only seems to make him weep harder Cooper, unimpressed, reaches down to stroke Owen under the chin

"And I think she ures," I add desperately, "and she ht not have been in the best state of et ment calls There was a lot of pressure on you both--"